Folding box.



No. 863,521. PATBNTBD AUG..13, 1907. J. BWALD.

FOLDING BOX. APPLIoLTIloN FILED AUG. 7. 1905.'

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JULIUS EWAIJD, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

FOLDING Box.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1907.

Application filed August 7, 1905. Serial No. 273,078.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUs EwALD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Boxes and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to folding or knock-down boxes, especially adapted to hold berries.

It has for its object to provide a practical folding wooden berry box which may be folded fiat so as to take up the minimum amount of space in transportation.

The invention consists of the features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims concluding this specification.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invention. Figure I is a side elevation of the box erected for use. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view, and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the box folded.

While the preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and its construction is described herein, the right is reserved to make such changes from the construction shown and described herein as the scope of the claims hereto appended will permit. l

Referring more particularly to the drawings the sides l of the box are preferably made of one piec'e of thin Wood with the ends lapped and secured to each other, as at 2. Said strip or piece of wood is partially cut, as at 3, from the outside transversely at intervals to permit it to bend and form the corners of the box. A second strip 4, forming the bottom of the box has a iiexible flange 5 secured to the inner face of one side of the box near its bottom. Said strip also has a flexible flap G at its other end. Said Hap is preferably cut off at an angle, as at 7, at the side, to guide it into the upper and lower slots 8 and 9, respectively, in the side of the box opposite to that to which said bottom is fastened. Said slots are arranged horizontally across this side of the box near the bottom thereof.

In erecting the box for use, the flap is inserted from within outward through the upper slot and then inward through the lower slot. The bottom is then supported upon the band 10 between the two slots. When it is desired to fold the box, the iiap is disengaged from the slots and the bottom is folded up against the side of the box to which it is secured and the sides then folded flat, one pair of diametricallyopposite corners being folded in towards each' other and the other pair folded out away from each other.

While I preferably make my folding box of thin wood such as is usually used for making berry boxes, boxes may be made in the same way of pasteboard or any other suitable material in all desired sizes. It will be noted that the box is very simple of construction and will be cheap of manufacture. The great advantage of this box is that when folded it takes up very little room and they may be packed flat, and one upon another for transportation.

Owing to the spring of the wooden strip forming the body of the box, in erecting said box it is not always easy to arrange the free end of the bottom so that it will be midway between the sides of the bod-y. For this reason I have provided the slots 8 and 9 extending entirely across the end of the box whereby the flap 6 may be readily inserted through the slots no matter whether the bottom is inthe center or over against one side.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A box comprisingl sides formed of a continuous strip 0i material and a bottom secured to one of said sides and adapted to fold up against the same, said bottom having a .TULIUS EWALD.

Witnesses HELEN .T. HoLMnon, HENRY W. LAUDERDALE. 

